Taimur Sattar, Telecom Project Manager

Taimur Sattar

Telecom Project Manager

Huawei Technologies

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Tele Communication
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

Telecom Project Manager at Huawei Technologies
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2018

Implementation Manager

• Responsible for the development and management of company project plans and keeping management aware of updates and current status.
• Communicate closely with procurement and contractor on Budgets and Acceptance for each project phase; present technical details.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Reviewed changing goals, specifications of work needed, and staff required to update project objectives.
• Evaluate the project change request, perform proper assessment, share the outcome with the overall PM / business team to highlight related opportunities/risks with needed assumptions
• Responsible for IBS (Cellular & TETRA) projects technical issues handling & clarification, design audits, site acceptance with Customer.
• Dedicated Implementation Manager for E2E project delivery of IBS an DWDM deployment for Vodafone Qatar.

Projects Detail:

• DWDM project delivery for FIFA Worldcup2022 for Event & BCN network.
• 5G IBS deployment and launch in Mall of Qatar, DFC Mushrib Downtown, FIFA2022 stadiums.
• RSBG-5G active DAS solution deployment in Hamad International airport & QNCC for with 2000 + Antenna.
• Successfully delivered Indoor Mobile network in Mushrib Downtown, Q-Rail Metro, MOQ, QNM, Vendome Mall, The Pearl Qatar IBS project and FIFA-2022 stadiums for Ooredoo and Vodafone.
• Delivered 200+ IBS sites across the Qatar since 2018 with VFQ and Ooredoo for new deployment and sharing solution.
• 100 MW hopes deployment with E-band links with different configuration. And capacity upgrade from 1G to 10G in MW transmission (RTN380) for 5G services in existing network.

Key Account Manager at safaa Engineering services
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2017 to July 2018

• Play an integral role in existing client relationship management, new business development and hold responsibility for the effective on-boarding of new clients.
• Responsible for the development and achievement of sales through direct sales channels.
• Responsible for planning and monitoring successful delivery of projects with higher Management.
• Actively involved in existing process improvement/change, while designing and refining the SOPs to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Control the budget, targets and deadlines while compliant to company policies, legal and ethical standards.
• Responsible for monthly business progress and quarterly business plan reporting to higher management.
• Establish account business plans, develop & implement policies and procedures. .
• Team building & leading to achieve company's goals & personal KPIs.

IBS Project Controller at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2015 to May 2017

• Coordinate with all concerned parties to ensure timely and quality execution of all project control tasks in alignment with the vendor’s Contract, the agreed Scope of Work, and established project plans and procedures.
• Implement and maintain a project database of all relevant project and network records, schedules, progress data, and budget and cost data.
• Take full charge of all activities; proactively monitor and follow-up all day-to-day activities and take action where necessary to mitigate potential problem issues.
• Initiate and chair regular meetings with all involved parties to coordinate practical project control issues to ensure timely and orderly execution of the work.
• Manage the preparation of a detailed Project Implementation Plan and follow up project scheduling and reporting activities.
• Establish routines to collect, validate, and analyses project data, and ensure suitable project databases are implemented to store and manage this data.

Project Controller at Mobitel Communication
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2013 to April 2015

Responsibilities:
• Define and monitoring the complete life cycle of project (Initiation, Planning, execution & Closing).
• Spearheaded weekly company meetings by communicating departmental growth and productivity.
• Monitor the progress and make necessary requirements to ensure the successful completion of the project
• Manage project budget, Track PO (Purchase Order) issuance and related work performed.
• Select, build and motivate the project team.
• Coordinate with the customer for project progress and resolutions of blocking issues.
Achievement:
• Re-organized the technical staff to make it work better and productive.
• Developed and implemented new procedures and systems for assessment of project staff.
• Reduced Workers’ Compensation costs by improving safety plans and implementing employee training, management accountability and equipment security.
• Satisfactory delivery of “VIVA LTE & 900 expansion Project” as per assigned SOW by customer.
• Assist & supervised the FTK “Mena TDD LTE Turnkey Project” and achieved project scheduled goals.

Projects Manager at Breakthrough Technologies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2011 to September 2013

Responsibilities:
• Directly responsible for all implementation activates including rollout planning and execution.
• Assuring PAT and Final acceptance certificates to ensure financial stability for company.
• Manage the administrative & financial aspects of the project as appropriate.
• Manage workforce, and hiring of new staff to achieve SLA (Service Level Agreement) of project.
Achievement:
• Established good working relationships with customers/clients.
• Served customers in a positive way, receiving the appreciation awards from the management.
• Delivered 2G & 3G new, co-located & swap sites for all cellular operators in Pakistan.
• Room Modification Project 2013 as per agreed PIP with customer (CME & KSS) of 100 sites for Mobilink Pak.
• Deployment of RMS solution for Telenor Pakistan at 500 sites on hybrid solution for efficient power consumption.
• Nationwide relocation and swap of Motorola ULAP, DAP& Sagem MW solution for Wateen telecom

Implementation TL/Engineer at Hayat Communication
  • Iraq - Sulaymaniyah
  • February 2010 to July 2011

Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the projects while they are 'in-field', making sure that the project will be delivered on time, and of a high quality, that meet the client's / Vendor’s specification.
• Assist to Project Manager in Planning and Scheduling of work activities.
• Provide all project reports to measure the project progress.
• Select, build and motivate the project team.
Achievement:
• Managing Swap project, with complete responsibilities of E2E delivery on Huawei Asia-cell project.
• Deployment of 65 sites of Wimax network for Newroz telecom in Sulimaniya Iraq.
• Telecom Implementation of two Core rooms and 150 sites (including RT & GF) of Huawei Wimax turnkey solution for Nawras Oman and their acceptance from customer.
• Done I&C of 280 plus MW links for Huawei RTN 600 series, including X-PIC, HSB, SD configuration also supervise Telecom Implementation as per Huawei Standard.
• DAS installation as per schematic of IBS planner and make actual BOQ (Bill of Quantity).

Project Enginner at Wajda International Tech
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 2009 to February 2010

• Supervise 30 IBS sites for DAS implementation shopping malls, Luxury apartments/hotels, Business centers, and hospitals in Bahrain 3rd mobile License project for VIVA.
• Schedule the implementation of work according to building management willing and timings.
• Done Integration and Commissioning of approx 80 plus links for Huawei microwave transmission product RTN 600 series, including X-PIC, HSB, SD configuration.
• Hard ware installation of Huawei RNC/BSC for Viva Bahrain 3rd mobile Operator.

MW Engineer at Huawei Tech Co
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2008 to April 2009

• Manage two Subcontractors with six teams in a region for all relevant jobs to MW transmission and site deployment for Kuwait 3rd Mobile License turnkey project.
• Done Integration, commissioning and troubleshooting of the microwave links (protected & unprotected) of different frequencies including 11G, 15G, 23G and 38G with Configuration of 1+0, 1+1, HSB, X-PIC and Space diversity at different Hops for about 250 links using Huawei NSM (T2000 & Web LCT).
• Installation and configuration of external alarm at pure Hub sites on microwave indoor equipment (IDU RTN-620).
• Prepare low level Microwave design documents for Hub and end sites, also PAT documents of transmission part.
• Supervised hard ware installation of Huawei BTS/NodeB and RNC/BSC for Viva Kuwait 3rd mobile Operator.
• Looking all the issues of MW transmission in a defined region till site handover to O&M department.

Site Engineer at Chinacomm Services
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2007 to May 2008

Area profiling, Site Acquiring and Acquisition. Performing Line of Site (LOS) surveys, Technical Site Survey Testing and reporting for MW transmission. Determination of Suitable Heights for MW antennas using software. I was responsible for Installation of MW indoor & outdoor equipment of different Hops.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Tele Communication
  • at International Islamic University
  • June 2007

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Negotiation
Rollout
Quality Control & assurance
MS Office
Project Managment

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Regulating the engineering Profession
  • August 2007

Training and Certifications

PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
MISP Dubai
Date Attended:
March 2016
Duration:
35 hours
Successful Project management (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy Dubai
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Quality Assurance of Hardware Instalation in Core sites (Training)
Training Institute:
Huawei technologies Kuwait
Date Attended:
August 2008

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    I love traveling and meeting for different peoples of different culture across the world.